Nicaragua OKs reform to boost powers of president, wife
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers Friday approved a ...
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Oppenheimer: Nicaraguan dictator’s draft Constitution will officially turn his country into a police state. Here’s what it ...
Stripped of citizenship, these Nicaraguans live in limbo scattered across the world
Now in exile in Guatemala, Mena may be out of prison but he’s far from free. Upon their release, he and hundreds of religious ...
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Radical changes to Nicaraguan Constitution are a blow to Catholic Church
A broad constitutional reform promoted by the Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega will probably increase the political ...
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Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo consolidate their power over the army and the police
The reform of the Military Code and the National Police Law subordinate the armed forces to the presidential couple’s wishes, ...
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Biden Declares Another “National Emergency” Because of the Threat Posed by Tiny Nicaragua
In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by his officials on November 22. He had ...
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Nicaragua Enacts Law Nullifying Foreign Sanctions
Nicaragua's parliament passed a law nullifying foreign sanctions against President Ortega's vice president and wife, Rosario ...
Nicaragua: President Ortega, wife to be granted new powers
Lawmakers in Nicaragua endorsed the constitutional reform which would expand presidential terms and promote Daniel Ortega's ...
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Yet again, RSF warns against the growing repression of journalists in Nicaragua as two more are arrested
Journalists Leo Cárcamo Herrera and Elsbeth D'Anda were recently arrested by the Nicaraguan authorities. These detentions ...
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Nicaragua’s constitutional reform to transform the State passes initial debate
Nicaragua's National Assembly unanimously approved a constitutional reform that gives President Daniel Ortega sweeping powers ...
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Nicaragua Defies Global Sanctions with Controversial Law
Nicaragua's parliament passed a law to nullify foreign sanctions against high-ranking officials within the country, including ...
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Nicaragua’s ‘co-presidents’ set to further consolidate power
Nicaragua’s legislature appears set to approve a constitutional amendment that would elevate the wife of the country’s leader to a new role as “co-president.” Opposition leader Félix Maradiaga, now in ...